When Nie Canjun and the others escorted the convoy to arrive, Man Bao and the others were already squatting on the side of the road with the young people in this town, gnawing on melons and getting acquainted.
Of course, it cost money. The melons piled up in front of them were all bought with money. Bai Shan, rain and dew, bought several people's melons, and then squatted on the side of the road to eat and talk to them.
The young melon seller and the lady seemed a little embarrassed. They glanced at the melons piled up in front of them and said, "Master, this melon can be stored for a few more days in a cool place."
Bai Shancai said boldly: "It's okay, we have a lot of people, we will finish eating in a while."
The young man who spoke didn't know that there was a large convoy behind them, so he thought they were the only ones, so he glanced at their guards and didn't say anything, that's too much.
Bai Shan distributed the melons to Daji and the others. They walked in the desert for two days, and they would subconsciously drink water sparingly. Their mouths were already parched, so they split open the melons as soon as they took them, and directly ate them one by one. Chew up.
Man Bao and the others were gentle, but they refused Daji and the others to chop melons for them with their own knives.
That knife has killed sheep and peeled rabbits, that's fine, the main thing is that it has killed people, and they don't really want to chop melons with knives that have killed people.
Fortunately, Man Bao also had a knife. She touched her waist and took out a short dagger. She pulled it out and began to cut melons.
Bai Shan was hesitant to speak after reading it, but seeing that they were all happy to eat the melons, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
In fact, the knife given by the queen probably killed more people, but it's just a long time ago.
Bai Shan glanced at the melon in his hand, and took a bite out of trouble. Man Bao had already exclaimed: "It's so sweet, can you eat melons so early?"
The young man said: "It was planted in a greenhouse."
He sighed and said, "Our melons are delicious. Guests from the Western Regions like them, and guests from the Central Plains also like them. No matter where they come from, they like to take some with them when they leave. I heard that they want to bring them back to their relatives to eat. So we will plant a little in the greenhouse, so that we can eat melons from June until August."
Normally, the melons here are harvested in July.
"However, there are very few people this year. I heard that people in the Central Plains have a strange disease, which is contagious. Hundreds of thousands of people have died, and several cities have been vacated. Therefore, no merchants come, and these melons are sold. not going out."
Man Bao and the others: "... Is this how the word is passed?"
The youths immediately said, "By the way, you came from the Central Plains, right? Did you escape for your life?"
The eldest lady on the side came closer, "I heard that even Tian Khan is dead."
Man Bao and the others were taken aback, and quickly waved their hands and said: "Don't dare to talk nonsense, Your Majesty is fine, and hundreds of thousands of people did not die, only more than two thousand people died."
The young people were very skeptical, "Aren't you lying? We have all heard that a city was immediately sealed off, and everyone who entered it died. Several cities in the Central Plains have been emptied."
"That's why the merchants from the Western Regions stopped coming after hearing about it. Some of them walked halfway, and after hearing about it, they turned and headed north. They heard that they were going to another country."
Man Bao: "To the north? Isn't that Huihe? What's there to do?"
Bai Shan: "That is, is there silk and satin in Huihe? Is there tea? Is there porcelain?"
How did the young man know, he didn't even know where Huihe was, so he could only look at them blankly.
Yin or brought the topic back, "Your town is full of local people, so there are no business travelers from other places?"
"Yes," the young man said, "there are still some who have lived for several years. They have run out of money and cannot leave. They can only make money here, and they can only leave when they have travel expenses."
Bai Shan's eyes flashed, but he said, "Is there anyone from Zhongyuan?"
"have."
"Then there are also people from the Western Regions?"
"All of them, all of them."
Satisfied, Bai Shan smiled, "Where do they live?"
The young people became vigilant, but said: "What do you want them to do?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "We are going to the Western Regions. If we want to find a guide, it is best to be someone from the Central Plains who has been to the Western Regions, or someone from the Central Plains and Western Regions."
Hearing that it was this rather than the accommodation, the young people immediately put away their vigilance, waved their hands indifferently and said, "They, guess where in the town they are helping people to work, they said they were traveling, but they didn't." No money to stay, no money to eat, and even unable to support yourself, what kind of experience do you have?"
That's why the young people in the town don't like to travel far, so naturally they don't think about being guides for others, and of course they can't be guides.
From the perspective of young people, staying away from home is a very dangerous thing. At least they can’t go home like those people in the town, even food and accommodation are a problem; Know.
As soon as the vigilance was lowered, everyone chatted in different directions. Among the six people, even Zhou Liru can occasionally say a word or two. The young people all responded enthusiastically to her and Man Bao's cute words. After all, who wouldn't like a pretty girl
So when the convoy arrived, Bai Shan and the others had already checked out the situation in the town, and they had almost eaten the melons in their hands.
The convoy was just approaching the street, and hadn't come in yet, because there were too many people, and there were too many carriages and horses. The people on the street quickly found out, so everyone immediately left Bai Shan and they rushed over. This time, it was men, women and children together. rush.
God, so many people, if they live in their homes, how much money can they make...
Bai Shan quickly grabbed a young man by the back collar, pulled him over and laughed, "What are you running for?"
The young man thumped and shouted: "Let me go, let me go, you don't want to stay..."
Man Bao took out a dime of silver from his purse and threw it in front of his eyes. The young man immediately said: "Your eyes are really sharp, just like what the Central Plains people said. Your eyes are like fire. My yard is indeed very beautiful." The best in the family, if you live in my house... "
"I can't live in your house," Bai Shan said, "Your family lives in the east of the town and we want to live in the west of the town."
The young man choked, and said dissatisfied: "What's wrong with Zhendong?"
"Didn't you just say that those travelers with no money live in the east of the town?" Bai Shan said, "There must be an inn in the town. Take us to live in the biggest and safest inn, and we will pay you."
He motioned him to look at their clothes, and smiled, "Do you think we are the ones who would live in Zhendong and wrong ourselves?"
Forget it, move in first, and you won't be refunded when you check out if you're not satisfied.
But the young man thought in his heart, he took a look at the melons on the ground, they had a good chat just now, and they bought so many melons from them, he was somewhat embarrassed to cheat others.
After hesitating for a moment, he glanced at the people who had already surrounded the convoy. He felt that he would not be able to grab the soup if he squeezed in at this time, let alone the meat, so he sighed and nodded, "Okay, I'll take you guys." Go, but it’s agreed, you will pay.”
Man Bao took back the silver horn, took out a string of money and said, "If you introduce well, I'll give you half, if you introduce especially well, I'll give you all, if you introduce us to our satisfaction, I'll give you half of it." This silver horn."
The young man was dumbfounded, isn't your standard too subjective